HELP FOR BEGINNERS, Learning Norwegian



An introduction to the basics of Norwegian: http://www.101languages.net/norwegian/basics.html

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Norwegian Wikipedia- 3 basic lessons.

Learn Norwegian Videos:
Pronouncing each letter of the alphabet:
Part 1 - 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJCK_KYSXMM&feature=related
Part 2 -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGOH98ZtWoY&NR=1

How To Count in Norwegian:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tNuIJPPd24&NR=1

Basic Expressions: #1 & #2:
#1 -
#2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfvFBGVYWpg&feature=related
#2 -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz2IDAtta_E&NR=1

Pronouncing æ ø å (Æ Ø Å)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l23CjariO0A&feature=related

Norwegian skj kj rs sounds:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqbt4mM3avQ&NR=1

Some Norwegian Name Pronunciation:
Female names: http://www.carla.umn.edu/lctl/VAVA/audio/norwegian/female-names.html
Male names: http://www.carla.umn.edu/lctl/VAVA/audio/norwegian/male-names.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-kHAS_nwdc"  

http://www.sofn.com/norwegian_culture/languagelessons_index.jsp
-Select a lesson-Useful phrases when meeting or leaving, counting, the weather, sports, inside the house, etc. with pronunciation guide (no sound)

http://www.norwegianlanguage.info/ Norword lessons.
Click on Norword, Select one day's lesson or click more to learn at your own speed.

http://demo.acapela-group.com/ online demo. Scroll down to a Norwegian voice,
type or paste in words or phrases & click 'say it'. it will pronounce them for you.

http://www.ling.hf.ntnu.no/ipa/no/index.html - Norske språklyder. Click on vowels or consonants in the chart to hear their sounds.

Hear norsk pronunciation: This link shows 10+ pages of words to hear pronounced,
also select from categories: - http://forvo.com/languages-pronunciations/no/

Join/sign in NORSKKLASSEN, the Yahoo email group: - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/norskklassen/
Learn about Norwegian and Norway, have your questions answered, and meet a great group of helpful, friendly people.
Visit the archives of "Norskklassen". Sign in, Click on 'Files': Find grammar, common phrases, learning tips, etc.
There is also a "Beginner's Page".
Also in the Norskklassen 'files', Click on 'Alphabet.zip' to download the sounds of the Norwegian alphabet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway (Eng)The country, its history,
geography, politics, culture, government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_language (Eng)
Norwegian, its history, alphabet, sounds, dialects, nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc

Louis Janus' website for nouns, verbs, etc.:
http://www.norwegianlanguage.info/

Also on LJ's website find Pierre's 'verb-of-the-week' archives: Learn verbs
http://www.norwegianlanguage.info/votw/index.html

http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/norwegian/grammar/grammar.html - grammar help.

http://www.pavei.cappelen.no - beginner's exercises from book "På Vei"..
Select chapter. Fill in blanks with verbs, pronouns, etc. Sort words into sentences. Listen to sound samples
and write what you hear.

http://www.tekstlab.uio.no/grei/spill/spill3-greenpil.html Educational, enjoyable, language games (must have basic knowledge).

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/tag/Norwegian - Select a category and practice with flashcards.

http://www.norwegianonline.com/program/program/index.html - Information about an online Norwegian course -
Check that they are accepting new students.


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